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Grant For Group To Help Stressed Locals

Tuesday September 18 2012

MORE than £65,000 has been awarded to a Barnsley project which helps young people deal with stressful situations.

Hope House in Barnsley has received £65,850 from the Big Lottery's Reaching Communities programme to run a series of courses to teach young people how to cope with things like exams, family breakdowns, bullying or job or money worries.

Sessions will include life coaching, motivation, interview practise, cognitive behaviour therapy and muscle relaxation techniques and will be run at different community venues.

Activity days will be held, including climbing, abseiling, canoeing, team building and archery, and young people will be encouraged to become mentors and support others in similar situations.

Sarah Davey, of Hope House Church said: “We are really excited to receive funding for our 'Stress Factor' project, which we believe will give young people the strategies they need to manage stress in a positive way and to live life to the full.

"Our project will also help parents and those who work with young people to feel more confident in supporting them with their stress issues.”

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Posted by STRESSED TO THE MAX on Tuesday September 18 2012 at 13:23

A FAIR COUNCIL would help me destress!!! i asked for a new bath panel as the one i had on was one of the old black type and it popped out one side causing my boy to catch it as he got out the bath scratching his leg and nearly breaking the panel in two so i took it off as it was dangerous but when i rang to ask for a new one apparently i have to buy my own but my neighbour who had a new bath fitted last month got all new EH HMMMMM THATS NEVER FAIR IN ALL THIS WORLD ;-( STRESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS HITTING THE ROOF..........